Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, April 9, 2010
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jeff Kellogg, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 34018

Nick Stavinoha’s pinch-hit, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Trevor Hoffman carried the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.

With two outs and down to his final strike, Stavinoha belted Hoffman’s changeup deep into the left field seats.

Hoffman (0-1) had walked Colby Rasmus to start the frame and recorded a pair of fly outs before blowing his first save of the season.

Stavinoha, who had no prior at-bats on the campaign, now owns two career homers against the all-time saves leader.

Dennys Reyes (1-0) was credited with the win after working one inning of relief. Ryan Franklin picked up his second save of the year.

Brewers shortstop Alcides Escobar had a pair of hits, including a two-run double in the fourth that put the Brewers ahead, 3-1. Prince Fielder added a run an inning later with a sacrifice fly.

Matt Holiday, who recorded three hits, got the Cardinals within 4-3 on a two-run homer in the sixth. The score would stand until Stavinoha won it.

Milwaukee starter Dave Bush took a no-decision in his first start back with the club, allowing three runs on four hits, along with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   Milwaukee
Kyle Lohse Player David Bush
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 5.2
3 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 4
6.00 ERA 4.76
Hitting
St. Louis   Milwaukee
Matt Holliday Player Ryan Braun
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
7 TB 3
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
St. Louis 7 2 16 .219 15 10 5 4 0 0
Milwaukee 7 0 9 .226 14 3 4 4 0 0